ZNAS - Easiest and most beautiful NAS Management UI Ever

Why ZNAS?

Most NAS software is slow to install, slow to load, and buried under layers of configuration. ZNAS is the opposite.

• Up and running in minutes. Flash a USB stick and boot, or run one command on Debian or Ubuntu, then create your admin account in the browser.
• One binary, nothing else. No Docker, no Node, no Python runtime, no database. The whole portal, UI included, is a single file that starts in under a second.
• Storage, sharing and virtualization together. ZFS pools, SMB/NFS/iSCSI shares, VMs, containers and Compose stacks, all managed from the same place.
• Always current, never disruptive. Updates are signed, applied in one click and take effect in seconds, like a modern browser. The previous version stays as a fallback.
• Secure by design. HTTPS only, roles with fine-grained permissions, two-factor login, an audit trail of every action, and optional sudo hardening.
• Built for real homelabs. Manage several servers from one window, back VMs up to another box, watch your UPS, and get alerts wherever you want them.

1. Flash it to a USB stick, boot your NAS from it, and open the address shown on the screen. That's it.

2. Prefer a regular install? One command on Debian 13+ or Ubuntu 26.04+ sets up ZFS, a service account, the portal and its systemd service.